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I just bought these. My only complaint is the same one I had last time I bought one of these bundles: I had to download each of the 51 files (17 books, 3 formats each) manually, one at a time. An option to download a zip file or tarball would have been very helpful.
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I have to mention DJB whenever there's a mention of DNS. Thank you PRJ, JdeBP, smarden, skarnet. You have done a shitload for me and my close (and distant) ones. https://cr.yp.to/donations.html PS In case you've been wondering, djbdns+curvedns is a very capable implementation of DNS servers and client-side utilities. Both authoritative server and recursive cache; each independent of the other. Plus wonderful commandl…
Capable how? Does it support IPv6 queries? IPv6 records? SRV records? How about a syntax for defining a TXT record that doesn't involve octal?
IPv6 records require a patch. Any records defined for IPv4 are supported out-of-the-box (your last question gives away you know this and the encoding used in the tinydns database).
What was your point?
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I have to mention DJB whenever there's a mention of DNS. Thank you PRJ, JdeBP, smarden, skarnet. You have done a shitload for me and my close (and distant) ones. https://cr.yp.to/donations.html PS In case you've been wondering, djbdns+curvedns is a very capable implementation of DNS servers and client-side utilities. Both authoritative server and recursive cache; each independent of the other. Plus wonderful commandl…
Sure, there are somewhat simpler DNS servers than BIND, of which djbdns is a good example, but realistically speaking, the reasons to avoid BIND are historic and no longer relevant. BIND has seen multiple major overhauls since the bad old BIND 4 days, and its security has been fine for more than a decade. In the past I would talk about other DNS servers as reasonable things to spend time on (and have contributed to a…
Yes, thanks for supporting my argument in such a forceful way. As you say, BIND has needed multiple major overhauls over the same period that has seen djbdns simple be there, finished.
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I have to mention DJB whenever there's a mention of DNS. Thank you PRJ, JdeBP, smarden, skarnet. You have done a shitload for me and my close (and distant) ones. https://cr.yp.to/donations.html PS In case you've been wondering, djbdns+curvedns is a very capable implementation of DNS servers and client-side utilities. Both authoritative server and recursive cache; each independent of the other. Plus wonderful commandl…
Sure, there are somewhat simpler DNS servers than BIND, of which djbdns is a good example, but realistically speaking, the reasons to avoid BIND are historic and no longer relevant. BIND has seen multiple major overhauls since the bad old BIND 4 days, and its security has been fine for more than a decade. In the past I would talk about other DNS servers as reasonable things to spend time on (and have contributed to a…
You may very well be right, most people at any period of time are in way above their level of knowledge and consequently have no sense of quality. Let me just say that I never met a BIND person who would have an idea about the distinctions between the delegation tree, the on-the-wire protocol, and the BIND zone file format. (Not that i can blame them.)
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I bought an ipad mini for safari testing (grrr) and it turned out to be my favourite way to read computer books. Screen is adequately large and the DPI is so high that they look great, it turned out to be a useful device.
How is the backlight affecting your eyes? I ended up buying a Kindle because reading on an iPad was straining my eyes too much, specially at bedtime.
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Sure, there are somewhat simpler DNS servers than BIND, of which djbdns is a good example, but realistically speaking, the reasons to avoid BIND are historic and no longer relevant. BIND has seen multiple major overhauls since the bad old BIND 4 days, and its security has been fine for more than a decade. In the past I would talk about other DNS servers as reasonable things to spend time on (and have contributed to a…
BIND has seen multiple major overhauls since the bad old BIND 4 days Yes, thanks for supporting my argument in such a forceful way. As you say, BIND has needed multiple major overhauls over the same period that has seen djbdns simple be there, finished.
My biggest gripe with this bundle is that they are all digital. I'd rather have less books but then in a printed format. I have noticed that I can't concentrate on reading books when they are presented to me on my computer screen. I do have a kindle (1st or 2nd generation) and that device doesn't support PDF well, furthermore it is rather slow. It works fine for regular books though, where I don't have to flip throug…
My problem with PDF technical books is that they are typically formatted for 8.5x11 or A4 paper, typically with a really huge margin. I wish that there was something in the PDF spec to allow for multiple sizes to be specified in a single file, so that the same file can be used for printing as well as viewing on a 6 inch reader.
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While it is true, they have minimum pricing, if you want the items without compensating the publisher for them, you CAN stiff them. For instance, you can change the sliders so 100% of your money goes to charity, and then you didn't pay them for the books at all. Sure, not what you want, but worth noting. Particularly useful if you want something on offer, but don't like the company selling them and don't want to supp…
This model blows my mind - I just cannot quite work it out. Have the companies involved - O'Reilly and Humble Bundle Inc - just decided that they're OK with potentially making nothing at all from this, so long as lots of money goes to charity? I mean, it's wonderfully altruistic, and I suppose it could be a lot more complicated than I'm giving credit for (does the goodwill gained by them outweigh the financial hit?)…
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There is a german word for your behaviour. i-Tüpferl-Reiter http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/i_Tuepferl_Reiter Which roughly translates to: The need to make something better even if it is already as good as it gets
I never mentioned such a need. What I mentioned was deception conducted by the company. Perhaps it is just misguided perception. People can't take a statement at face value, they must always make an assumption.